Cecile Arnold

• Birth name:

  Cecile Laval Arnoux

• Date of Birth:

  1891 Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Comedienne Cecile Arnold was born in Kentucky, USA in 1891 and made her debut in films at the age of 22, when she joined the Keystone studio. Although her work there mostly consisted of playing supporting roles, she did receive more prominent screen time on occasion, notably as a pretty blonde in Those Love Pangs (1914) with Charlie Chaplin. She appeared with Chaplin in at least eleven short films, and can also be glimpsed with other stars such as Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mack Swain. However... more

Comedienne Cecile Arnold was born in Kentucky, USA in 1891 and made her debut in films at the age of 22, when she joined the Keystone studio. Although her work there mostly consisted of playing supporting roles, she did receive more prominent screen time on occasion, notably as a pretty blonde in Those Love Pangs (1914) with Charlie Chaplin. She appeared with Chaplin in at least eleven short films, and can also be glimpsed with other stars such as Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mack Swain. However, her career was run short when she married a banker in 1917, after which she left the movies altogether. She died in Hong Kong in 1931 as the result of a violent case of influenza, aged 40.